Funny how one thing leads to another. I discovered Sandor Falvai this morning through stumbling across an outstanding set of Chopin mazurkas. And it turns out he’s part of a glorious 452 too! Very nicely recorded to boot.

I have Helicon, Vermeulen and Immerseel, which I list in the order I like them. Of the ones posted since, that one with Crawford on the fortepiano piques my interest, since I really do like her playing. I'll have to dial that one up!

While I wrote above about the colors of period instruments I found out that I apparently disliked the soundbits sufficiently to never get one on period instruments because the keyboard seemed to weak...

I could imagine that Mozart was particularly proud of the piece because it seems a fairly unique mix between a piano concerto and a wind serenade (whereas the Gran partita is merely a HUGE wind serenade) that probably had not been attempted before.

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Struck by the sounds before the sun,I knew the night had gone.The morning breeze like a bugle blewAgainst the drums of dawn.(Bob Dylan)

While I wrote above about the colors of period instruments I found out that I apparently disliked the soundbits sufficiently to never get one on period instruments because the keyboard seemed to weak...

I could imagine that Mozart was particularly proud of the piece because it seems a fairly unique mix between a piano concerto and a wind serenade (whereas the Gran partita is merely a HUGE wind serenade) that probably had not been attempted before.

The fortepiano sounds exactly as Mozart expected it to sound. In performances with "modern" (late Romantic) instruments the piano and the horn overpower the woodwinds, and your "unique mix" goes right out of the window....